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Litigation

Oct. 10, 2000

Intimate Exposure

Important evidentiary protections exist for sexual-assault victims pursuing civil lawsuits.

        By Michael Paul Thomas
        
        Years of television legal dramas from "Perry Mason" to "The Practice" have convinced many in the general public that a sexual-assault victim who pursues her attacker in court automatically exposes her entire sexual history to the intimate probing and vicious innuendoes of relentless defense c...

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